I feel like I'm not here

yes my friends i definately understand you how it feels like when u expereince these symptoms. You feel youre spaced out not understanding whats happening around you. From my opinion its one of the symptoms of severe anxiety. It feels so odd and sometimes you feel that youre going nuts. Please keep your legs to the ground and understand it that its just anxiety. Mine happenes when im at work at the moment we have a lot of pressure going on so my anxiety levels rises upabrubtly. When im at home i feel more comfortable and getting back in reality!!! send any replys regards from malta

Please somebody help us... i have been to the doctos several times and nothing has helped i feel exactly the same as everyone else is explaining. it kind of feels like now its all phsycological and i have convinced myself i dont feel well.... maybe im completely fine but i have convinced myself... if that makes sense? doctors think it is anxiety also... its like its ruining my life... im just not the same... im only 16 and its really upsetting... i just want to feel normal again... i would literally pay anything! i also have had problems with my ears when growing up... and wear glasses... am a female... also young... maybe there is some connection? I just need to get back to normal!! Please help somebody!!!

I feel the exact same way. However I also feel like I have NO communication skills at all. I cant talk to someone in person, or on the phone. I cant make or hold up a conversation...just silence..

Look up Depersonalization Disorder... It's really a complex; or a mix of problems. No one thing is the real cause, there could be many. Most of it is the state of mind you get in, you keep thinking about it so you stay feeling the same way. All of those things you said describe the problem, and I have it too. For me, it was the weed and the shrooms. Nothing I do feels like something I should be doing, and nothing I own looks like it's mine. I just know it is. Scary situations or thoughts - like, for example, going crazy, disease, seziures, hallucinations - or even seeing something extremely abnormal makes it worse. If you want it to go away, don't think about it, don't even spend 1 second of your day on the topic. Find things to pre-occupy you. I found that when I stopped smoking weed for about 2 months and did things I used to do in the past made it way better. I went and met old friends, visited my old schools, and hung out with friends. BE SOCIAL!!! Here's some things that helped me: -cigarettes -drinking -movies -driving -video games -work -women -parties -new clothes -spending money -visiting family Your brain loads a set of priorities, if you will, when you wake up every day. The more you dwell on something, the more likely it is that you will think about it every day. If you blew it off like it was nothing you would forget about it, and it would go away. It's just a state of mind, or a perspective on the world. My suggestion is get a hobby, hang out with friends, make a bunch of goals and work towards them, and DO NOT think about it. Hope this helps!

Oh and also, it could be part of puberty, for you young ones. I'm 19 too, and 2 of my friends have gone through this, who were also young. I guess the best way I can describe it, is I feel like every day is a new life, and I'm a stranger in my own body and mind. I wake up every day and remember all the things I have done, and find it strange I'm in the place I am. Anxiety, ADD, ADHD, drugs (xanex), and a few other things can cause this as well. If you don't think and just do, you will be fine. Just find a groove you like and ride it. A consistent day to day life makes it a lot better :-)

thanx to all u guys, i have exactly the same feeling its so wierd and really hard to explain but i just feel like im sort of in a dream, i mean im all there but something is missin, its like i zone out for a few seconds u all helped me and its made me feel a bit better to know im not theonly one. it comes and goes this feelin and i think its because of bein a teenager and stuff hopefully we will grow out of it in time, thnx agaain to u all xxx

Hey i know exactly what all of you are tlaking about. i've had this since 4th grade but i would zone in and out of it. It never really lasted for a long time. Now since ive been in highschool (im 15 years old) im constantly stuck in it. I talked to my mom lastnight but she had no idea what I was talking about. She's doing research on it and is taking me to a doctor soon. I did some research and I think it might be ADHD. You should look this up all of the symptoms to it i do. it doesn't mention this feeling we all have but they might be connected. It seems that we are all young females who posted? But my eyes are perfectly fine and i never had troubles with hearing... I have no idea what this might be. I dont know i'd do anything not to feel this way anymore. I want my life back.

I'm 20 and male, and have been dealing with this for several months. Its very frustrating to feel like I'm constantly in a dream, like when I go to sleep I feel like im already dreaming so sleeping feels weird. I have all my memories and such but the events that happened in my past seem to be have lived by a different person than who I am now. I want to be me again! I have been diagnosed with anxiety previously and I try to take my Ativan only as necessary because of its addictiveness, but I don't know if it will help the problem at alll. I also think I know the cause but I have NO idea of a solution. Anyone seem to have come out of this and know how they did it?[/url]

hello, i have been feeling the same way for a couple of days...usually i am so full of life, but i recently lost my job and i'm having trouble with my car payments. The only answer i have is that it might be stress...i do not kno if i should seek medical help. I function normally. its just that i get tired quickly, i have like tunnel vision, and i'm day dreaming all the time. i hate this feeling what can i do? this helpless feeling is overwhelming.

Hi, I'm Corey. I'm a 16 year old male. I feel the same way as most of you. It's like a daydream that you can't get out of. It feels like you're not there but you are. I've had this for about 6 years. I went to the doctors and he said it's anxiety. I checked it out, but I don't think it is. And like all of you, I just want to feel normal again. I just hate feeling like I'm not here when I am. I did have tubes put into my ears when I was about 3. But I don't know if it has anything to do with this. I'm glad I'm not alone. I hope somebody gives us an answer besides anxiety. Please reply and see if this is how you feel. I'll reply after you do. P.S. I have perfect vision.

Everyone here seems to be feeling the same way but you should make it clear if you have smoked weed or not. Because it can be cannibis psychosis.

I have a friend who suffers similar problems and he is quite a heavy drinker. He was recommended vitamin B complex and this has helped. Heavy drinkers often have dietary deficiencies which cause imbalances within the brain. If you google 'Why do alcoholics need vit B' there are a number of different explanations.

I had the exact same symptoms a while back, it is the feeling of unreal that you are experimenting right now. Most people that suffer from anxiety disorders often have such feelings.

hi guys im 15 im a guy and i feel the same way. i got it one day. i was at school walking down the hallway feeling fine then out of nowhere my eyes started moving around and i could not concentrate on one thing. it went away and i felt tired. once i got home i went to sleep at like 5 o clock. i woke up at 7:30 and i noticed things seemed unreal like i cant explain. it seemed weird. i didnt want to tell anyone bcuz my mom had a big trip for her work to Arizona and i didnt want to ruin it. so then i went back to sleep but i couldn't bcuz i was all scared like " whats going on with me ? i was so scared. so then the next morning i woke up with a head ache everything did not seem real and i was moving but i was not all there. this just happened on tuesday right now its sunday. so i was alone for four days searching on google what i had. it led me to believe i had anxiety, depersonalization and psychosis. oh and yes i did smoke chronic just ONCE last month in december and i did not like it. i wasnt even laughing. i did it outside then when i came back into the school i was just walking then it felt like i was sleeping but then i was like NO im at school so i opened my eyes everything seemed slow motion. i was walking but i wasnt thinking about it or something. also my eyes kept transferring from one student to another like i couldnt concentrate. so i went into a room and i told my friends and they said it would go away. which it did the next day. so after that i felt normal and felt the same until the incident i said up there ^^^ ! i told everyone i knew and they said do not think about it. so now i am wondering what i have please help me. i am very scared an feel alone even tho i told my mom, dad and bestfriends. i lost all interest in my favorite things like basketball and playing computer. i would like to know how to come back to my OWN SELF ! its so bad because i lost my sex drive. i dont get horny no more and do not even think about girls. i really want a solution b4 i see a doctor. sorry this was long ive been holding it in.. some one please help mee ... :-(

oh my god, i am SO happy i found this post. i'm 16, and have been experiencing practically all of this for months now, getting worse and worse. i've went to doctors and they would always say some virus whatever, or that it was anxiety, but i found anxiety hard to believe. i mean i thought could anxiety have such an impact on a person to make them feel out of place and mind so much, i don't think so.... Thank you so much, u have no idea how much this helps. i'm finally seeing a psychiatrist Tuesday, and i can actually have a reasonable assumption of what i think i may have to tell them!! lol